Rick Luecken
[edit] Biography
Born on November 15, 1960 in McAllen, Texas, Rick Luecken (Richard Fred Luecken) played for the Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 2 year career. Luecken broke into the bigs on June 6, 1989 with the Kansas City Royals, and put up a 5.83 ERA in 54 innings pitched in 1990, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1989
| KC
| A
| 19
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 3.42
| 16
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 23.2
| 23
| 3
| 13
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| TOR
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| ATL
| N
| 36
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 5.77
| 35
| 36
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 53
| 73
| 5
| 30
| 7
| 2
| 3
|
| 1990
| Total
|
| 37
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 5.83
| 35
| 37
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 54
| 75
| 6
| 31
| 7
| 2
| 3
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 36
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 5.77
| 35
| 36
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 53
| 73
| 5
| 30
| 7
| 2
| 3
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 20
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 3.65
| 16
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 24.2
| 25
| 4
| 14
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 56
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 5.10
| 51
| 46
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 77.2
| 98
| 9
| 44
| 11
| 2
| 3
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1989
| KC
| A
| P
| 19
| 0
| 23.2
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| TOR
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1990
| ATL
| N
| P
| 36
| 0
| 53
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| Total
|
| P
| 37
| 0
| 54
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 56
| 0
| 77.2
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1989
| KC
| A
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| TOR
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| ATL
| N
| 36
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .667
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1990
| Total
|
| 37
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .667
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 36
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .667
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 56
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .667
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (18th pick overall) of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1979).
- Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 12th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1982).
- Selected by Seattle Mariners in the 27th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1983).
- Traded by Seattle Mariners with Danny Tartabull to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Scott Bankhead, Steve Shields and Mike Kingery (December 10, 1986).
- Traded by Kansas City Royals with Charlie Leibrandt to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Gerald Perry and Jim Lemasters (December 15, 1989).
- Claimed on waivers by Toronto Blue Jays from Atlanta Braves (September 24, 1990).
- Released by Toronto Blue Jays (October 26, 1990).
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